Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI
I’m sick of “opt-out” toggles for automatically enabled generative AI features. It’s past time to make “opt in” the default setting for sensitive features.
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Companies’ increasing reliance on AI chatbots isn’t making the customer service experience smarter. It’s just making it more infuriating.
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Siri AI Is Becoming Apple’s Everything Tool
Apple’s revamped Siri is more than a voice assistant; it’s now the backbone of the iPhone user experience. You can try it now through the iOS 27 public beta.
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Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
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Shut Those Laptops! Anthropic Puts Its Claude Cowork Agent on Your Phone
Claude Cowork now keeps working on tasks even after you close your laptop. It’s part of a larger push toward smartphone-controlled agents.
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These New Smart Glasses From Solos Come With a Privacy Shield for the Cameras
You can clip a cover over the cameras, which could be a double-edged sword.
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Meta Is Charging a Subscription for Smart Glasses Features. Welcome to the New Era of Consumer Tech
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How Qatar Became FIFA’s Technology Test Lab
Qatar has become the place where FIFA experiments with the next generation of football technology. The results are already visible across this year’s World Cup.
How to Opt Out of Google Search’s New AI Data Training Feature
Google’s Search history update stores media uploads from your interactions, like images used in reverse image searches, for training its AI models.
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